If you are compressing images based on how fast it’s for you, then I honestly don’t think it’s a fair criticism. The way Geutzli works is a very different kind of compression than other methods we employ so, yes, it does take a while to work.

Recently, I had the need to compress a sizable number of JPEGs. Keeping image integrity high, the JPEGs were saved without much compression. So, it was not a shock that the result of the image file sizes from a Photoshop exports combined with an ImageOptim pass didn’t result in large file sizings.

Selecting the JPEGs and then pressing Control + Command + I on Mac OS, I’m able to get combined file size of the images and get a comparison of the file savings.

It turns out, by leveraging my time, I was able to get them to 60% of their original file sizes. Then I ran the images again through ImageOptim and was able to shave off another additional 1–2% file savings.

While we might not be able to point Geutzli put into a Grunt task and expect it to wrap up in a few seconds, that doesn’t mean you can’t toss a large number of images to be converted during an extended break or overnight or even over a weekend. When you come back, your users could be enjoying a substantial increase in web performance without a perceptual loss in image quality.

Google’s new Guetzli JPEG encoder does an excellent job of reducing file sizes while maintaining high quality in image integrity. Due it’s nature of compressing, though, it’s a computation process is very slow and batch processing of JPEGs isn’t available yet.

The good news is that the Image compression tinkerer Kornel Lesiński, who works on ImageOptim, says Guetzli is going to in the next version.

Automating Guetzli

The better news is that until that happens, B. Scott following up on a blog post on Medium told me he coded a Mac OS Automator service that can do that now!

Last week, Google released to open source JPEG encoder that can create images file sizes 35% smaller than currently available methods. Called Guetzli, which means cookie in Swiss German, it seems new possibilities for the format that’s been around since the late 1980s!

Using a different method than other optimizers, Guetzli doesn’t have a set of rules or laws in a race to the lowest file size when encoding images.

Instead, Guetzli relies on a tool that measures differences between images the way the human eye detects differences called butteraugli.

Recordings with Registration

Everyone’s busy, especially around the holiday season. That’s why registration includes full access to the live, online conference, in addition to copies of the presenters’ slides and event recordings.

That means using something that one could use and share quickly with a click or a link, easily wins over something that involves installing or setting up before they can use. And maybe if it is that easy to use, it helps accessibility advocates convince others on their teams to build more open sites.

Browser support

Colorfuzz makes use of pulling in sites for testing via an iframe. In the old days, web authors could use a JavaScript pop-out script to block sites from locking them into an frame. Now, there’s server level prevention with X-Frame-OPtions HTTP response headers.

You probably won’t get a site to load if it’s a site like Amazon.com or Microsoft.com or any site that wants to avoid clickjacking. Which is, like, every site really.

SVG filters

Using SVG filters, support is universal. The speed in which the filters are applied may be determined by your machine speed or browser rendering time. I’ve noticed extreme lag on mobile devices. More on this soon!

SVG filters

Method of using photoshop-like effects on SVG objects including blurring and color manipulation.

Don’t fear; they are not zombies: It’s simply the U.S. Presidential season, and like the moon orchestrating the tides there is not much they can do but post knee-jerk reactions to unchecked press releases.

While the internet is an automaton conglomeration–a series of tubes if you will–that knows no limit to the sheer amount of unchecked hyperbole it can sling around the world, you, on the other hand, can only do so much before your breakdown begging forgiveness from all those political posts on Facebook.

Don’t try to make sense of the posts, block them.

Gaining Control of Facebook with Social Fixer

Social Fixer for Facebook is a Chrome Extension for Facebook that has recently come out with an update after a two-year development hibernation.

There are a lot of powerful features in Social Fixer, but for this blog post–we’re going to focus on the few steps we need to put up a political post blocker on our Facebook social wall.

What about other browsers? Note that as of this writing; Social Fixer is pending approval in Firefox. For Safari browsers, you will need to use Tampermonkey–which is also a browser extension allowing for Social Fixer’s scripts to buy Instagram Followers and to be applied. For the latest information, check out Social Fixer Downloads page.

Step 2: Install Social Fixer for Facebook

Clicking on the button the right corner installs and activates the Social Fixer extension into Chrome.

Step 3: Log into Facebook, Find the Social Fixer icon

If you have not already done so, make sure you are logged into Facebook.

Once you are logged in, look in the upper upper-right-hand corner for the Social Fixer’s wrench icon

Step 4: The Social Fixer general preference panel

Click the wrench icon, which brings up the Social Fixer general preference panel.

Congratulations! Social Fixer for Facebook will start filtering political posts now.

Keep track of how many posts have been filtered out by looking in the upper left-hand corner of your browser window.

How does this work?

The political blocking uses a list of keywords. Social Fixer uses this list as a sort of “naughty list” and removes posts from your view contain those words.

What’s on the keyword list? The list is a mix of general words related to any US presidential election, but also words and names unique to this election cycle (Hillary, Trump, walls, pantsuits). buying viagra in south korea

Potential Problems with this Solution

This workaround is not going to keep all political posts away from your Facebook.

First, this solution will not make political posts with vaguebooking metaphors or prose about the election. Rest assured there’s a specific level of Dante’s Inferno assigned to those freaking English Majors.

Secondly, Facebook is known to iterate their online property at a fast pace. Social Fixer for Facebook is a third-party software that can only wait to see what changes happen to the site.

While you might not see any significant changes visually, there could be a lot of things changing with the markup and design that support the look that could cause Social Fixer to falter or stop working altogether.

For now, though, while we cannot seem to rise above the political fray, we can at least compromise by not seeing it.

In this episode, Christopher Schmitt talks with Wes Bos. Wes is a site and web applications’ Designer, Developer, Speaker, and Teacher — probably most recognizable for his online courses such as Sublime Text Power User and React For Beginners.